This paper aims to provide an introduction to the current state of the art of EUROMOD, the
European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model. It explains the original motivations for …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the EU and the US
to provide income insurance through automatic stabilization in the recent economic crisis …

Background The value of the individual placement and support (IPS) programme in helping
people with severe mental illness gain open employment is unknown in Europe. Our aim …

This article compares the effects of increasing traditional welfare to introducing in‐work
benefits in the 15 (pre‐enlargement) countries of the European Union. We use a labour …

We provide an overview of microsimulation approaches for assessing the effects of policy on
income distribution. We focus on the role of tax-benefit policies and review the concept of …

Abstract We use Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data to compare the progressivity of the
tax structure in the USA and Europe. LIS data allow a comparison of tax rates that attempts …

Development aid and policy discussions often assume that poorer countries have less
internal capacity for redistribution in favor of their poorest citizens. The assumption is tested …

Generous social assistance has been held responsible for inactivity traps and social
exclusion in several European countries, hence the recent trend of promoting employment …

This paper explores the merits of macro‐and micro‐based tax rate measures within an open
economy “fiscal policy and growth” model. Using annual data for 15 OECD countries we find …

In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work
incentivesacross the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU). Using EUROMOD, the …